Colorado Rapids release Shkelzen Gashi

As we gear up for the regular season, the Colorado Rapids announced that they have waived forward Shkelzen Gashi. The Albanian international was a key part of the 2016 team that made it to the Western Conference Finals, but got injured during the playoffs and never made it back to the starting XI. After a very disappointing 2017 season and being called out by GM Padraig Smith in an interview about his lack of effort, Gashi seemed to put more effort into 2018. He was consistently injured, but made 21 appearances last season.

While there were fan reports that Gashi was starting to look like his 2016 self, apparently the club didn’t agree. They are likely paying off the rest of his contract,…